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UNMIK Headlines 22 August

• Motion for Assembly’s dissolution to be voted today (media) • “Early elections to take place on 6 October” (Koha Ditore) • Kosovo leaders hail U.S. State Department’s statement (media) • Haradinaj: Tariff will not be lifted (Kallxo) • Petritsch: No option should be rejected (RTK) • Vucic: We will fight for our interests, we understand the U.S. (VoA, RTK) • Kosovo FM Pacolli appoints six new ambassadors (Koha) • LDK: A resigned government has no right to appoint new ambassadors (Koha) • Veseli pledges to invest illegally-obtained money in new jobs (Epoka e Re) • Mitrovica Mayor Bahtiri says he will join Vetevendosje (media) • Korab Sejdiu expected to join Vetevendosje (Gazeta Metro)

UNMIK Headlines 21 August

• LDK and VV, between consultations and ultimatums (Koha) • Mustafa: LDK heading to elections on its own (Bota Sot) • Will LDK give Vetevendosje the post of Prime Minister? (Express) • Haxhiu: Kurti should be joint candidate for Prime Minister (Express/RTV Dukagjini) • Haziri to Vetevendosje: Do not undermine our will (Express) • AAK leader Haradinaj meets NISMA’s Limaj (media) • Pompeo: Normalisation of relations with Kosovo strengthens Serbia’s stability (media) • Serbian List comments on Pompeo-Vucic meeting (RTK) • Haradinaj: Border change, monstrous scenario serving Russian agenda (Epoka) • Kosovo and North Macedonia agree to lift trade barriers (media)

UNMIK Headlines 20 August

• AAK and PSD announce pre-election coalition (media) • LDK leader Mustafa meets PSD’s Ahmeti and NISMA’s Limaj (media) • Vetevendosje reacts to PSD-AAK coalition (Epoka) • Konjufca: LDK to have post of president and speaker, Vetevendosje the prime minister (RTK) • Mimoza Kusari-Lila signals coalition with Vetevendosje (RTV21/Kallxo) • Kosovo invited to Helsinki meeting, Dacic reacts (RTK, Tanjug) • North Macedonian minister visits Kosovo to discuss recent trade measures (Zeri) • FSK taking part in army drill in Germany (media) • Minister Lluka meets company tasked with preparing telecom’s privatisation (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 19 August

• Haradinaj: Work on correcting border demarcation to begin in optimal time (media) • Mustafa: LDK has red lines only for PDK (EO) • Parties rule out surprises, say Assembly will be disbanded (Koha) • AAK, PSD expected to sign coalition agreement today (Express) • Authorities say Kosovo flag remains at Novoberdo castle (media) • Kosovo not issued international arrest warrant for Radoicic (Telegrafi) • Kosovo introduces reciprocity measures against North Macedonia (media) • Vucic to meet Pompeo in NY on Tuesday, expected to discuss Kosovo (media) • “Serbia used dialogue to damage process of Kosovo recognitions” (Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 16 August

• Haradinaj: Friendship with western allies, permanent and sacred (media) • Japan: Normalisation of relations between Serbs and Albanians, key to stability (RTK) • Serwer: No urgency for dialogue with Serbia (media) • Dacic: We will not stop campaign against Kosovo's recognition (Zeri/Koha) • Limaj confirms NISMA’s position on elections (Koha) • Ymeri: We are in discussions for coalition with AAK (RTK) • PSD’s Sejdiu prefers coalition with Vetevendosje and NISMA (Telegrafi) • Lawsuit against police officers that expelled Turkish nationals from Kosovo (media) • “Serbian intelligence behind attack on Kosovo consulate” (media)

UNMIK Headlines 15 August

• Political parties ignoring Quint’s calls (Zeri) • Mustafa: I have no hesitation to cooperate with past opponents (media) • Kosovo’s enemies and allies, part of campaigns by political parties (Koha) • Krasniqi: Tariff will remain if Veseli leads new government (RTK) • Gordy: Kosovo won’t make any steps prior to election of new government (RFE, Klan) • Kosovo between early elections and a technical government (Radio Free Europe) • Kosovo’s consulate in Denmark, vandalised (media) • Tomor Morina not extradited to Serbia, returns to Kosovo (media) • O’Connell slams Ministry of European Integration statement (media) • Missing persons issue to be discussed in Belgrade-Pristina dialogue (RTK/Koha)

UNMIK Headlines 14 August

• Quint countries call for urgent restart of talks and suspending the tariff (media) • Kosovo Government on Quint’s statement (RFE) • Veseli reacts to Quint's statement (media) • Pacolli: Serbia has continuously undermined Kosovo’s statehood (media) • Scott: Time to end the 90s conflicts (RTK) • Haradinaj: A consensual Prime Minister harms democratic processes (RTK) • Mustafa and Kurti meet, discuss elections (media) • Mustafa tells who cannot govern Kosovo (RTK) • Hoxhaj: Serbia manipulates facts, churches and mosques belong to Kosovo (RTK) • Aliu: We are getting closer to LDK to prevent a PAN 2 (RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 13 August

• Veseli: EU with double standards (Zeri) • “No reconciliation with Serbia as long as criminals are set free” (Kosovapress) • Hoxhaj: Serbia violated Geneva Convention with Genocide in Kosovo (RTK) • KFOR: Security situation in Kosovo is quiet (media) • Political parties battling over Prime Minister post (Zeri) • AAK doesn’t rule out coalition with PDK (media) • “Serbia fears wars, because it got badly burned in Kosovo” (Kallxo) • Tomor Morina’s release confirmed (Klan Kosova) • Serbia continues building houses in Albanian neighbourhoods in the north (Zeri) • Lajic: We have lost millions due to the tariff (RTS/RTK)

UNMIK Headlines 10 August

• Bolton to visit Kosovo when tariff is removed and government formed, KTV learns • Hoti: We won’t give away up PM post (media) • They won’t agree to a solution outside elections (Zeri) • Hehir: Elections need to bring change, not stability (Prishtina Insight/Kallxo) • Krasniqi: Belgrade is guilty about the tariff (media) • Rama: Kosovo Army to take part in missions in Iraq or Afghanistan in 2021 (media)

UNMIK Headlines 9 August

• Haradinaj to FAZ: I have never threatened witnesses (media) • MFA: Kosovo committed in implementing freedom of movement agreement (media) • CEC mobilises secretariat (Koha) • Konjufca: Assembly dissolution delayed as LDK doesn’t have PM candidate (T7) • Surroi: Government would have fallen in autumn, it lost legitimacy (Telegrafi) • Shala: North Macedonia to remove barriers or face reciprocity (Epoka e Re) • Berisha: Serbia’s reckless statements incite interethnic tensions (Bota Sot) • Veseli: Tomor Morina to return to his family soon (RTK) • Italy expels suspected Kosovar member of Islamic group (media)